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Sunday, 29 December 2013

There it was - Gone!

All that time preparing for Christmas and then it seems to pass in a flash. But I have had some beautiful presents which remind me of that lovely time spent with our family.

I obviously have impeccable taste as the original painting of the above print is in Prince Charles' downstairs loo! My husband bought me this and allowed me to choose it to be on the safe side. I love it and if you look closely, in the bottom left corner you will see the Prince of Wales' feathers and underneath is the title of the painting 'The Hare Apparent'!

Among many other gifts was this beautiful Venetian glass pen from our son and daughter-in-law. I hope you can see the gold flecks in the glass which make it look so elegant. I am almost afraid to use it in case it rolls off the table and breaks. It writes very smoothly, but it would be interesting to try it with a calligraphy nib to see what other effects I could get.
It has been a glorious day today but we are warned of further stormy weather to come. So many have had their Christmas ruined by the power failures and flooding - they have my commiseration - I hope they find the strength to cope and that their lives will be back to normal before too long. The same applies to those who fell foul of colds and flu or other infections. We kept free of germs but lost our garden fence in the gales, so the first job of the New Year will be to get a new one installed. I call that getting off light!

What lovely gifts, Heather, I love the hare. Sorry to hear about your fence, but as you say it could have been so much worse. We were lucky to be away from home as a huge for tree fell in our parking place and would have crushed our van.

beautiful Heather. love the detail on the hare print. glad to hear you've stayed free of germs. I've had a virally cold for a couple of weeks and now have shingles. I don't normally get ill so am quite surprised! lol

Oh Heather,, how I adore that hae. I collect hares as they are my special favourites. I have dozens of cards and also several sculptures which I have been bought over the years. I particularly love your picture - it definitely has hareness.